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Eadweard Muybridge Bet
Leland Stanford made a bet with Eadweard Muybridge for $25,000. He thought that at one point while a horse is running all 4 feet are off the ground. To settle this, they took multiple pictures of a running horse creating a moving image. -
Kinetoscope
The first film made for the kinetoscope was also the first motion picture produced on photographic film in the U.S. was Monkeyshines. After this film was created, many more great things happened in the film industry because people learned from the film. It was shot by William K. L. Dickson and William Heise for the Edison labs. -
Kinetoscope Parlor
The Holland brothers set up a Kinetoscope Parlor on Broadway in New York City. There were five kinetoscopes. Each Kinetoscope could have an audience of one. -
Motion Pictures Patents Company (MPPC)
The MPPC was terminated seven years after it began. It was founded by Thomas Edison. He began this company to create a profit by preventing individuals from creating their own films and making profits from them. -
First film in Hollywood
The movie "In Old California" came out in 1910. It was the first film produced in Hollywood after filming companies moved from New York to California. It was a silent film that was directed by D. W. Griffith of the Biograph Company. -
Sound on film
Between 1926 and 1927 the transition of sound-on-film began. Fox Studios and Warner Brothers were important parts of the development of the technology for sound in motion pictures. -
Vaudeville
The Vaudeville was popular from mid 1890s until the 1930s. It featured magicians, acrobats, comedians, trained animals, jugglers, singers, and dancers. -
Multi-channel sound format
The world premiere of Walt Disney's Fantasia happened on November 11, 1940. This film was the first to be released in multi-channel sound format. It was also the first use of the click track. This movie helped in the development of surround sound. -
First live-action
Walt Disney released a film called Treasure Island. This was the first completely live-action film. It was also the first version of Treasure Island to be made in color. -
Great Train Robbery/ first western film
The Great Train Robbery was directed and edited by Edwin S. Porter in 1963. It was considered to be the first silent short Western film written. Edwin was a former employee of Thomas Edison as his cameraman. -
First IMAX
IMAX picture production system was premiered at Fuji Pavilion in the late 1960s. IMAX is the high-resolution of cameras. It is making the image width greater than the width of the film. This became very popular and IMAX is still used a lot now. -
Highest grossing film of all time
E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial is the highest grossing film of all time. It was released by Universal Pictures and was an immediate blockbuster. It featured special effects and it was considered one of the best films ever created.
